In 2011 we had a nifty idea. We had a contest called @Urban Sprawl Y’all. We asked you to take @Urban with you on your travels, whether across the globe or to the nearest campsite, snap a photo with our magazine in it, and send it on to us...

Theron Humphrey sits in his Toyota pickup in Georgia with his coonhound Maddie at his side. The two know this truck better than any other place on earth, since it’s where they spent long days and longer nights inside its cab, traveling the country on a project...

Blue and green laser lights wash over the Fayetteville crowd at a dimly lit George’s Majestic Lounge. Craig Strickland, one of the lead vocalists for the local band Backroad Anthem, works the crowd into a frenzy as he moves around the stage singing their amped up remix ...

As a writer for @Urban, I’d like to let you in on a little secret—I almost always love my job and my editors. I generally get to pick my own stories, and even when I don’t, I’m usually excited about my assignments. Until I heard about this one...

Before the symptoms and before the visit to Dr. Bridges in Paragould, Arkansas, Bernice McCord received a warning. Her mother had died of cancer the year before, in 1946, when Bernice was still married. Now she was divorced, a twenty-two-year-old single mother...

I was fortunate to grow up in a household where my mother cooked every day. Regardless of what else was going on, we gathered as a family every night to share an evening meal. It was an opportunity to share our days with one another and connect as a family...

The rain that started early this morning is finally winding down. Beside the road, little rivers flow through drainage ditches, and cows stand in green fields watching the cars pass. Up ahead is Joplin, Missouri, where Max and Vicki Carr are just opening...

We got to go down to the town hall tonight, me and Mama and Brodie. We’re the last family they’re talking to, and the ones who got the worst of it, if you ask me...

River City Deli is located just off Rogers Avenue in Fort Smith, tucked inside Stonewood Village, with not even the hint of a neon sign by the road to grab your attention. They say good things are hard to find, and that was our immediate thought after enjoying a delicious meal at River City Deli...